The Nation - News from Dec. 11, 1986
Genetic variations have been found that may eventually help identify people who are at high risk of heart disease, scientists said. Researchers from Rockefeller University in New York said the variations occur in or near the gene that produces a key protein that carries cholesterol through the bloodstream. In their report in today’s New England Journal of Medicine, the scientists said that variations in this gene “may be a new and independent risk factor” in heart attacks.
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